[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2641-2642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-826]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Follow-up to the National Survey of Child and Adolescent 
Well-Being.
    OMB No.: 0970-0202.
    Description: The Department of Health and Human Services intends to 
collect data on a subset of children and families who have participated 
in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The 
NSCAW was authorized under Section 427 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The Survey began in 
November 1999 with a national Sample of 5,501 children ages 0-14 who 
had been the subject of investigation by Child Protective Services 
(CPS) during the baseline data collection period, which extended from 
November 1999 through April 2000. Direct assessments and interviews 
were conducted with the children themselves, their primary caregivers, 
their caseworkers, and, for school-aged children, their teachers.
    Follow-up data collections were conducted 12 months, 18 months and 
36 months post-baseline. The current data collection plan involves only 
a subset of 1,497 children from the original sample, that is, children 
who were ages 0-12 months during the baseline period. The original 
sample design for NSCAW was stratified to include an over-sample or 
infants; thus, the subset that is the subject of this data collection 
is a representative sample of infants who were the targets of CPS 
investigations during the survey's baseline data collection period. 
This group will be at the beginning of their formal schooling as the 
next data collection begins, and will allow for the identification of 
early risk and protective factors, as well as the influence of services 
and service systems, on their functioning as they enter this critical 
transition period.
    The NSCAW is unique in that it is the only source of nationally 
representative, firsthand information about the functioning and well-
being, service needs and service utilization of children and families 
who come to the attention of the child welfare system. Information is 
collected about children's cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral and 
adaptive functioning, as well as family and community factors that are 
likely to influence their functioning. Family service needs and service 
utilization also are addressed in the data collection. The data 
collection for the follow-up will follow the same format as that used 
in previous rounds of data collection, and will employ the instruments 
that have been used with 5- to 7-year-olds in previous rounds. Data 
from NSCAW are made available to the research community through 
licensing arrangements from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse 
and Neglect, housed at Cornell University.
    Respondents: Children, who are clients of the child welfare system, 
their primary caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                      No. of          Average
                   Instrument                         No. of       responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Child Interview.................................           1,497               1             1.2           1,796
Permanent Caregiver Interview...................           1,122               1             2.0           2,244
Foster Caregiver Interview......................             375               1             1.5             563
Caseworker Interview............................             375               1             1.0             375
Teacher Questionnaire...........................           1,497               1             .75           1,123
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........                                                           6,101
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collections described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests

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should be identified by the title of the information collection.
    The department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: January 10, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-826 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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